ArticleNature communications2020
Mutualistic networks emerging from adaptive niche-based interactions.
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- Structural dynamics of plant-pollinator mutualistic networks.PNAS nexus · 2024Article
- Adaptive rewiring shapes structure and stability in a three-guild herbivore-plant-pollinator network.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Rising temperature drives tipping points in mutualistic networks.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Statistical inference links data and theory in network science.Nature communications · 2022Review
- Stochastic block models reveal a robust nested pattern in healthy human gut microbiomes.PNAS nexus · 2022Article
- The divergent vertical pattern and assembly of soil bacterial and fungal communities in response to short-term warming in an alpine peatland.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Metagenomics show high spatiotemporal virus diversity and ecological compartmentalisation: Virus infections of melon,Virus evolution · 2022Article
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Abstract
Mutualistic networks are vital ecological and social systems shaped by adaptation and evolution. They involve bipartite cooperation via the exchange of goods or services between actors of different types. Empirical observations of mutualistic networks across genres and geographic conditions reveal correlated nested and modular patterns. Yet, the underlying mechanism for the network assembly remains unclear. We propose a niche-based adaptive mechanism where both nestedness and modularity emerge simultaneously as complementary facets of an optimal niche structure. Key dynamical properties are revealed at different timescales. Foremost, mutualism can either enhance or reduce the network stability, depending on competition intensity. Moreover, structural adaptations are asymmetric, exhibiting strong hysteresis in response to environmental change. Finally, at the evolutionary timescale we show that the adaptive mechanism plays a crucial role in preserving the distinctive patterns of mutualism under species invasions and extinctions.
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